INCURSIUNE RETROSPECTIVĂ ÎN ISTORIA FORMĂRII ȘCOLII ROMÂNEȘTI DE VIOLONCEL: BAZELE DIDACTICE ȘI ÎNCEPUTURILE CREAŢIEI PENTRU VIOLONCELUL-SOLIST
RETROSPECTIVE INCURSION INTO THE HISTORY OF THE FORMATION OF THE ROMANIAN CELLO SCHOOL: TEACHING BASICS AND THE BEGINNIGS OF THE CREATION FOR CELLO SOLIST

Summary/Abstract: The Romanian cello school was formed during the second half of the 19th century in a context of socio-cultural modernization and transformation by assimilating the western influences. The names of the first Romanian cellists, considered to be the founders of the national cello school and of the Romanian cello repertoire, Constantin Dimitrescu and Dimitrie Dinicuare related to the newly established Romanian Philharmonic Society, first Romanian symphonic orchestra and to the first Romanian institutions of music education. Asserting themselves as representatives of Western interpretative traditions, they promoted cello methods and techniques they learned in Vienna and Paris. The versatile activity of these personalities brough ta substantial contribution to the evolution, popularization of academic music, to the education of future generations of performers, to the creation of the first major Romanian works for cello as a soloist instrument like the three concertos for cello and orchestra by Constantin Dimitrescu. Belonging to a younger generation of Romanian cellists, Serafim Antropov, originally from Chisinau, the Republic of Moldova and a disciple of the “Unirea” Conservatory in Chisinau between the two World Wars, established himself in the history of the Romanian cello school both by his wonderful teaching talent and by his complex activity as soloist and concert organizer.

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